1st answer: In a book, the author is trying to teach you a lesson. When there is a book about friendship, the theme is friendship.
2nd answer: It means what the story is telling you, for example the story can be telling people to always be truthful.
It's the moral, or the lesson of the story.
3rd answer: The theme of a story is the topic what the story is all about. For example the recurring problem in a book. Don't confuse this with the motif of a story. These are recurring elements of the story (a bit similar to the theme), but a story has one theme and multiple motifs.
Sometime the writer will just come right out and tell the reader. You could look for this. The theme is the main idea that links all the parts of a story together, and some books will just say straight out in the beginning what they are going to show you. Sometimes, though, the writer isn't so forthcoming and the reader has to deduce the theme by himself. If that is the case, here are some things to look for:
Theme is the big idea a story is trying to tell you. Most stories have a message that comes through while reading them. For example, one of the many themes in the story of Hamlet is the mystery of death. This is seen in the appearance of the ghost, Hamlet's soliloquy "To be or not to be," and Yorick's skull.
It's the moral, or the lesson of the story.
When discussing literature, theme means the central idea around which the poem, story, play, novel, essay or a book is developed. A theme is as essential as water is to sea.
You look by the characters action
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(Apex Learning) Theme.
Theme is the general message of a story.
through all literary element...plot, symbolism, imagery, characterization...all of these contribute to the overall theme.
**Theme**
Motif: A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work. A dominant theme or central idea.
The literary device you are referring to is called a motif. A motif is a recurring element that has symbolic significance and contributes to the overall theme of a literary work.
A traditional theme or motif; a literary convention.in Greek
Do you mean essay? If it is then it is a literary composition based on a particular theme or subject.
An analytical essay breaks down a work of literature and focuses on the importance of a specific literary element, such as character development, symbolism, or theme.
Do you mean, what literary or dramatic theme? Try being trapped by inexorable fate. Or if you mean, what musical theme, take your pick.
A literary theme is the moral of a story.